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42 U.S. Code § 2296a. Remedial action program
(a) In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), the costs of decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action at an active uranium or thorium processing site shall be borne by persons licensed under section 2092 or 2111 of this title for any activity at such site which results or has resulted in the production of byproduct material.
(b) Reimbursement
(1) In generalThe Secretary of Energy shall, subject to paragraph (2), reimburse at least annually a licensee described in subsection (a) for such portion of the costs described in such subsection as are—
(A)
determined by the Secretary to be attributable to byproduct material generated as an incident of sales to the United States; and
(B) either—
(i)
incurred by such licensee not later than December 31, 2007; or
(ii)
incurred by a licensee after December 31, 2007, in accordance with a plan for subsequent decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action approved by the Secretary.